Use "diversion" in a sentence

1. But what of her sister's question? "I think it's a bit of diversion while we were working together

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2. Their diversion to the Kuiper Belt was barely detectable with astronomical instruments at this point

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3. He had left his space as is, the snowflakes were coming up from below at one percent gravity, Sol was a bright white point at their feet, their diversion just starting to be visible

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4. That had only been a diversion, but it had been a fun time in her life and the Herndon personification and the culture of Kassidor Yakhan had gotten Thom out of his stuffiness for a good many years

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5. we just were hoping for an evening's diversion, so to speak

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6. He also wondered if Kulai did? If they found no friend of Kemberra who knew Tdeshi, Kemberra is initiating a diversion from personal guilt associated with knowing Tdeshi

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7. Since the public believed more than half the helmets were secret, this invited every crack pot in the Highlands to create a diversion for her, a diversion they nurtured with their ‘testing’ program

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8. The entire diversion, save the brief conversations with the locals, took as little time as window shopping

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9. It is the call of nature, which requires to be relieved by some indulgence, sometimes of ease only, but sometimes too of dissipation and diversion

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10. ” he didn't get to finish the explanation as his superior changed targets and smacked him for interrupting his diversion

11. At first these evenings had proved a pleasant diversion, then a routine, and finally an ordeal that he nevertheless attempted to endure in the best humour

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12. at the same time to cause a diversion; he

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13. Each Temple tells you he’s at another Temple, but it’s just a diversion

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14. “I asked Magnus to take this short diversion, but we have to head north to meet our master craft, so hang on

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15. I want you to, as I said before, create a diversion at the Bat Mitzvah, then I want you to rip open the lining of the scroll covers and take out the papers that have been secreted in them

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16. He didn’t know what was going to happen, he couldn’t predict the actions of anyone once the diversion started as part one of the plan, so like the rest of the congregation, he listened, he watched and he waited until something, instinct, whatever told him the time was right

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17. Plan A had concerned a diversion and the theft of the Scrolls as there was no doubt in Ray’s mind that the Scrolls contained Bonds, but everything seemed to have worked out anyhow

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18. Certainly, his leaving provided a much-needed distraction for them if not a diversion

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19. “So we’re talking about three squads here—one to create the diversion, another to rescue the young ones, and a final one to board the ship and find the last two hostages

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20. As a diversion the demonstration was a success; but the attack was a failure as a flank movement against Santiago

21. It‘s a necessary diversion that draws our attention away from the stressful anxieties associated with our everyday lives

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22. She was looking forward to that as she enjoyed the Kentucky trips as pleasant diversion from her usual mad pace

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23. Access to the area was limited to four-wheel drive vehicles: only they were able to navigate the diversion down the banks, crossing rivers axle-deep in water

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24. That would be more of a diversion than I’d need, too hazardous

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25. Indeed, what you and your master held in such high esteem as artifacts of a long lost civilization are nothing more than the detritus of a certain kind of people in the developed universe that are filled with ennui, and find such games on shellworlds a welcome diversion

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26. Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy—A projection and diversion used by the Vast Left-Wing

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27. Anyway, Ah Chel was a cheerful diversion

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28. They said the explosion was a diversion to cover a theft

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29. over the beasts that are on the Earth? That take their diversion with the birds of the air; That hoard up silver and gold, in which men

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30. Who has found out her place? And who has gone in to her treasures? Where are the princes of the nations and they who rule over the beasts that are on the Earth that take their diversion with the birds of the air? That hoard up silver and gold in which men trust and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous and their works are unsearchable

31. can begin a diversion by lobbing some grenades into the

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32. I figure we have four things to do; set up a secure point they can head for, create a diversion when the time is right, lay down covering fire as necessary, and lead them back here to the LZ which is faster than they can find this place by themselves

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33. And, of course, diversion of tactical aircraft enroute to lesser targets in the immediate target area would provide air support even faster

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34. A diversion had been calculated into

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35. After all, I could have tossed the diversion pinecone earlier than I had

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36. `Gianni chose to create a diversion, so the bus would stop and they could confront Nathani

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37. His diversion would keep the Tanarian garrisons busy and distracted until Army Group East could establish command of the region, whilst they had a different mission

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38. We need to test in order to have any hope of success, but a conservative philosophy demands we transmit only enough for our purposes, and never for sport or diversion

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39. If this diversion is on mission then I need to know your latest Intel, and you need to make a report

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40. As a diversion, try this thought experiment out for the other dimensions too

41. She provided a wonderful diversion

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42. stick-in-the-mud life that Rochelle was the best diversion since he

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43. nearly any diversion that presented itself

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44. They became friends immediately and shared many moments of free time and diversion

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45. will give enough diversion at the gate to keep the guards

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46. electricity at the same time that Curly implements his diversion?”

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47. it is the cops, I will ask for the nearest motel as a diversion and

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48. After my evening porridge, for lack of other diversion, I surveyed with sinking heart the castle’s kitsch decorative excesses

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49. She was sure she’d been a nice diversion, but he’d only

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50. It was a diversion for them that distracted them all from the problems of their new beginning

51. It was his private place of calm and tranquillity and a diversion in an otherwise busy schedule

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52. She felt that for just a little while it was nice to have a very interesting diversion both in her job and local politics

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53. “What we need is a diversion

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54. diversion to keep The Brotherhood occupied and off our case for a while

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55. There were the office and banking staff in their smart suits with briefcases that never left their side, again only being opened and studied as a social diversion

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56. It had awakened a new interest for them and all the family were delighted that they had found a new well deserved diversion from their often sad and troubled lives

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57. DIVERSION AND RELAXATION

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58. In an instant the guards would be on his back—in desperation he redoubled his strokes, flailing like a smith on an anvil, and then was suddenly aware of a diversion

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59. "You have that weather machine, your people can use this as a diversion and off you go

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60. The curious dog cocked his head, followed the snake‘s progress for a few feet and then returned to his refreshing diversion

61. He stayed focused on his anger all the way to the doctor’s office and that diversion kept him from acknowledging his fear

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62. “No," Charles said, “anything besides the pounding in my head is a welcome diversion

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63. “I had hoped for the diversion

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64. THE COMET DIVERSION MISSION continued unabated until the comet was too close to

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65. The food around me would certainly be a good diversion from my scent

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66. Saul heard the sound of helicopters approaching from the diversion at the school

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67. Greg and Avi’s public appearances were seen as a diversion to obscure the rest of the family’s flight

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68. The diversion had worked

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69. She did not put it past them, but that was why the Fourth Battle Wing had provided a diversion to get her to this room and why Saul had escorted her this far and would stay at least through today’s meeting

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70. “That was clever using a rescue mission as a diversion to cover your return

71. Getting out to see stand-up comics could be a good diversion and give you a few laughs

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72. She seemed unwilling to discuss personalities, although I was sure she regarded me as more than just a casual diversion

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73. In addition I show the need to divert investment money into wages to meet the need of a sustained capitalistic US society, but note that the increased wages provide multiplicative returns from low end purchasers in the market, to increase the profits for industry and its rich owners, which helps to make up for the diversion of investment moneys, thus restoring capital growth quickly

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74. Prior to diversion, the waves would have

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75. A great loss will face that who spends his life for fun and diversion or for possessing its vanities things

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76. In the long term all else is the rumbling of a destructive volcano and, in the short term, a diversion of valuable energies and resources which we can ill afford

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77. But he had never experienced the act of which his compatriots spoke of with such pride but never practiced; poker was too great a diversion for any debate to develop beyond the initial stages of dialectical display

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78. Traced back, the headache could be deemed a diversion, especially when he linked other associated events also preventing him from studying

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79. They were of the view that this diversion to the Mediterranean would only prolong Allied efforts; preferring an early cross-Channel attack to be launched by August or September 1942

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80. This diversion would get the adrenalin flowing again and put criminals behind bars

81. But such a diversion would have created immense logistical problems and leave the bulk of the Allied army much further from the Rhine and Berlin

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82. The wrecked bridge and the submerged vehicle presented dire prospects, but they also created a diversion from the purpose of their visit, yet already Rudolph sensed the two situations were connected

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83. Why would they do that? Perhaps the explosion by the highway was another diversion, and the real truck with explosives was somewhere else, prepared to kill fans as they left the stadium

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84. Apparently, the devious buggers had found the tracking unit and shipped it off into deep space in order to attempt creating a diversion, and not only that

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85. They had actually succeeded in creating a diversion

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86. • Threat of diversion and injection

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87. 2 minutes and 30 seconds went by before the mental diversion of Joan

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88. She thus had planned for a number of contingency plans and diversion measures in order to have a reasonable chance of obtaining the initial surprise in this operation

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89. Incredibly enough, except for the fierce response by the lone German panzer division located in Provence, it seemed that the German top commanders still believed that the Provence invasion was only a diversion and that the real invasion was going to come in the Pas de Calais area

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90. This whole thing is a diversion

91. After that diversion I have to get back to the course and I have to say that there is so much happening that you could write a whole

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92. Diversion and distraction characterize fads

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93. Mac said he had been able to create a diversion that allowed Jessica and Caleb to escape on horseback

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94. Thane, who took advantage of the diversion to seize Harold’s sword from its resting place near

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95. Meanwhile, as the diversion was happening, Sergeant Frank Brody had

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96. “It could have been an elaborate, and rather clever, diversion, getting the birth certificate

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97. Normally, fly-fishing was the only thing he had found that was a complete diversion from the day-to-day stresses of office

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